Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

636 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to

Kunyomi: よ.る ちな.む

Onyomi: イン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くにがまえ

Meaning: enclosure

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

子(いんし)   factor, element

数(いんすう)   factor (math)

縁(いんねん)   fate, destiny

果関係(いんがかんけい)   causal relationship, nexus

(しいん)   cause of death

(げんいん)   cause, origin, source

る(よる)   come from, be due to

Onyomi Examples

イン cause, factor, hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions), the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)

インネン fate, destiny, connection, tie, bond, origin, pretext, justification, hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)

シュイン primary cause, main factor

ショウイン cause of victory, reason for (one's) success

Kunyomi Examples

依る よる to be due to, to be caused by, to depend on, to turn on, to be based on, to come from, to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at

よるところが大きい よるところがおおきい depending largely on, playing a large role in, due largely to

ちなむ to be associated (with), to be connected (with)